Forex trading is a way to earn money. Enough money to live the holiday, ergo, not work. What kind of things might you like to do in your free, moneyed leisure time? You could: Buy a motorsports team Challenge children to high stakes games of putt-putt on the Promenade Go for a lunchtime surf with other retired millionaires […]

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The Supreme Court of Appeal has just stated that the South African government acted unlawfully when it delayed a decision on a visa application by the Dalai Lama. Do you remember the saga about the fact that the Dalai Lama couldn’t come to South Africa to celebrate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday in October […]

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An eNCA newsreader, Andrew Barnes, was verbally abused at Virgin Active Green Point on Tuesday morning. This after a fellow gym member took offense after seeing Barnes and his boyfriend kiss each other.

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Many of you will remember one of Cape Town’s most famous surfing events – the Red Bull Big Wave Africa – well, Red Bull have stepped it up yet again and announced Red Bull Jaws.

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Angus T. Jones, the actor who portrays Jake Harper on Two and a Half Men, has had a pretty crazy week. First he appeared in an online video, urging fellow Christians to not watch Two and a Half Men anymore because it is “filth”. Jones then backtracked the next day, saying he is sorry, and revealed that he will be appearing in the next season of the show, because “God kinda pushed me into it.”

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A Belgian man wants to have his marriage annulled after he found out that his Indonesian wife of 19 years had actually been born a man.

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Australia’s all-time leading Test batsman and most successful captain, Ricky Ponting, has announced his retirement from international cricket. He had already called a halt on his captaincy of the Test and one-day team in March last year, but continued on as a player.

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Gmail users will be pleased: you guys can now send files as large as 10 gigabytes! Look, in the world of email, this is quite something.

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Global press agency AFP have released their selection of 2012’s best pictures. There are 99 in total, and together they capture every major news story of the year so far – from Mo Farah’s win at the Olympics, to police officers surrounding the bodies of the Marikana miners they shot just moments earlier.

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Fellow Internet users and 2oceansvibers. We are sure you are not at fault here, being the bastion of modern communication etiquette you are. You may, however, know someone who is at fault; we would love you to forward this on to them.

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For the first time in nearly 50 years, NASA has used a small prototype of a nuclear-reactor engine design to test whether this could one day power deep-space exploration probes.

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Yesterday we reported on Two and a Half Men actor, Angus. T. Jones, who, after converting to Christianity, told viewers to stop watching the show. He also went so far as to call Two and a Half Men “filth”.

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We’re speaking in millimetres here, but that measurement rise is something that happens on a yearly basis. If you take say, 50 years, that does mean quite a rise in surface area that the seas cover.

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Ja. We thought so. The Mustang up for grabs is a 1968 Ford Mustang Coupé. Do you realise the street cred that comes along with something like this? Good, now click through for more.

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After landing at Lanseria International Airport last night (she clearly knows which local airport is the best), Lady Gaga was greeted by thousands of hysterical little monsters. But at the last moment, an airport official stopped her from entering the arrivals terminal where fans had formed a tunnel for her to walk through.

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That is correct, our very own Elon Musk is staying true to his word about doing things on Mars. Except he’s changed his tune slightly – he no longer just wants to send one person all the way there.

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Never-Before-Seen CCTV footage, showing the moment Anders Behring Breivik’s bomb exploded in Oslo outside the prime minister’s office, has been made public. It also shows the Norwegian mass murderer parking the van and walking away calmly moments earlier.

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Australia has decided that search results that Google publishes amount to content that the company “publishes”, and is therefore responsible for.

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South Africa’s most, err, stared-at-with-a-raised-eyebrow celebrity Nonhle Thema co-stars in the latest Nando’s TV commercial; the chicken takes the leading role, of course.

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Talk about biting the hand that feeds you! Angus T. Jones, the kid who plays Jake Harper on “Two and a Half Men”, uploaded a video to YouTube yesterday. In it he describes the joys of discovering Christianity, and also tells viewers to “stop watching Two and a Half Men.”

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Entries now open for the 2012 Friday Done Jack’s Way finale at Grand Café & Beach on 30 November. It’s that time of the year when, lets face it, your enthusiasm for all things “work” is waning. The holidays are within spitting distance and all you can think about is chilling with your mates in the […]

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We have just found ourselves wondering how on earth Jacob Zuma sleeps at night when we heard about this: all Grade One to 11 pupils in Olifantshoek, in the Northern Cape, will repeat their 2012 grades next year.

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“My task is completed. Tonight, exactly 37 years after reading my first TV news bulletin, I’m retiring.” With these words, South Africa’s veteran newsreader, Riaan Cruywagen, signed off for the last time during yesterday evening’s news bulletin. Cruywagen also took the time to thank the Afrikaans news editorial staff, bulletin editors Sandy Macdonald and Monica Ribbons, […]

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The Eat Out DStv Food Network Restaurant Awards took place in the grand ballroom at the Westin in Cape Town last night. Apart from the prestigious Restaurant of the Year award, several other accolades were also dished out, including Chef of the Year, Best Steakhouse, and the Service Excellence Award.

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A new study conducted by researchers from King’s College London, and just published in the journal Age and Ageing, has found that smoking “rots” the brain by damaging memory, learning and reasoning.

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Yesterday, singer Chris Brown tweeted, “I look old as fuck! I’m only 23…” In response, a comedy writer named Jenny Johnson replied to him: “I know! Being a worthless piece of shit can really age a person.” She was referring to his 2009 arrest after he violently assaulted Rihanna.

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The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a sister company of The Economist earnestly attempts to measure which country will provide the best opportunities for a healthy, safe and prosperous life in the years ahead. Can you find South Africa?

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Likely to be launched in time with the British summer (British warmer rainy season), Cadbury’s has announced an awesome invention: chocolate that will be able to withstand 40C temperatures for three hours before melting.

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Today is truly the end of an era. Veteran newsreader Riaan Cruywagen will be reading his last news bulletin on air this evening at 19h00 on SABC2.

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After shattering the Three Peaks Challenge record earlier this month, expert trail runner AJ Calitz has become the inaugural winner of Red Bull LionHeart after an intensive two-day event on Cape Town’s Lion’s Head.

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